Year: 2016
CY Noodles House
CY Noodles House opened in the summer of 2015 in Chinatown, offering diners something different in the shopping development. … read more
Obituary: Violent By Nature
Over the years, Obituary stuck to their roots and let the music “flow without thinking too hard,” says Don. … read more
Artes de México: The Art of Creating Community
Artes de México isn’t just for the Latino community or just about art—Artes is for our entire community. … read more
Suicide Lane Cycles: Escape from L.A.
After a brief stint on the sunny West Coast, he and Davy Bartlett returned to Salt Lake City, transforming a 10-years-vacant, former automotive shop just off State Street into a stunning retail space and custom motorcycle workshop. … read more
What’s Doin’ at The RUIN
Just outside the hubbub of the recently bustling granite district of Sugar House is a bar that doesn’t care how fast you can chug a beer. … read more
Unknown Hinson: Fear of the Unknown
To say Unknown Hinson is quite the character would be a vast understatement—he’s set on a path to reach legendary status. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Griffen Siebert
Snowboarding with your friends is the best feeling. Last spring, we went on a drinkwater tour through Oregon with all the homies. This photo sums up the day we live in: one guy snowboarding and everyone filming or shooting photos with their phone. Nobody does it like Griff, flying through the air, grabbing his board
Review: The Witness
I remember playing Myst with my dad when I was five years old. We sat together in the computer chair, wandering throughout this enigmatic island with only our wits and a strange book chronicling the history of the island’s inhabitants. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Yoga Hosers
My introduction to Kevin Smith began early in my life. My older brother rented Clerks and threw it into our VCR (yep. That long ago) without really considering the fact that his eighth-grade kid brother was in the same room. The Mallrats soundtrack was the first CD that I ever bought with my own money, and Weezer’s “Suzanne” still manages to fill me with high school nostalgia. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Captain Fantastic
Regardless of a filmmaker’s talent, making a meaningful drama about a quirky family is like navigating a minefield. Celluloid families are typically plagued with some degree of syrupy sweetness or sappy tragedy, but Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic captures the emotional core of what makes all families tick and his stellar cast promptly follows suit. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Certain Women
Typically, shooting a film against the big sky country of Montana evokes images of tough guys doing tough things. While the tough things are still present, Kelly Reichardt’s introspective film focuses on the women who ultimately pick up the pieces after the tough guys break themselves apart. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Under the Shadow
When Gullermo Del Toro used Pan’s Labyrinth as an allegorical scalpel to dissect the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, he opened a door to possibilities that few filmmakers have had the talent and imagination to explore. … read more
